Truck hits pole, wires on East Main Street in Torrington

While the road was blocked off for the accident, this mini-van drove around the cones and was pulled over. Torrington Police Officer Brett Johnson, gave the driver a written warning.
Jenny Golfin — The Register Citizen

The utility pole and tree that the driver of the truck hit before leaving the scene. Torrington police had already cleaned up the vehicle’s debris from the road.
Jenny Golfin — The Register Citizen

TORRINGTON >> East Main Street, also known as Route 202, was closed in the area of Center to Main streets Friday morning after a truck hit a utility pole, knocking out cable and internet wires.

According to witnesses, the truck hit the pole and then drove away from the scene. Adalisse Morales, the student concierge at Marinello Schools of Beauty, said it looked like it was a rental truck.

“He hit the pole, the tree next to it (and) knocked out the wires,” said Morales, who witnessed the accident from the 33 East Main St. business. “Pieces of the truck broke off, the side mirror. But he just kept going.”

The driver of the truck, James Derwin, 46, of 349 Allen Road, was located and cited for evading responsibility and improper turn.

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Officer Brett Johnson said that Derwin didn’t think he had hit anything.

The state Department of Transportation originally said the road could be closed for up to eight hours, but reported it was back open at 10:55 a.m.

The accident did not involve any other vehicles.

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